Neil Patrick Harris

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 12 - 18, 2015 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES America's Got Talent Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Bublé, Piers Morgan and Marlon Wayans serve as guest judges. 8 p.m. NBC Zoo Former "EZ Streets" costars Ken Olin and Carl Lumbly guest star in this new episode. 9 p.m. CBS American Experience The New York City blackout of 1977 is revisted in this new edition of the documentary series. 9 p.m. KOCE Planet Earth: Africa The Kalahari Desert is the first stop for this new nature series. 9 and 10...

Like any of life's extreme events, awards shows bring out the best and worst in their players. Here are some of most memorable moments from the 69th Tony Awards:
Transcendent humor: Co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming — she in a tuxedo...

Actor Neil Patrick Harris has hosted the Tony Awards, the prime-time Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards.
Now the 41-year-old celebrity is hosting a nightly show at Disney California Adventure Park that will be viewed by thousands of people on sheets...

The new World of Color at Disney California Adventure dials back the spectacle a few notches in favor of storytelling with a water show that still delivers plenty of wonder and amazement on a massive stage.
Dubbed “Celebrate,” the new hydrotechnic show...

In celebration of Disneyland’s 60th anniversary, the "World of Color" water show at Disney California Adventure will get a new story overlay dedicated to the history of Walt Disney and his first theme park.
Starting May 22, "World of...

At its upfront presentation Monday at Radio City Music Hall, NBC showcased the most exciting talent from its upcoming 2015-16 season, including Neil Patrick Harris, Dolly Parton and ... Bob Greenblatt?
In a performance that ought to earn him some sort of...

Neil Patrick Harris isn't conjuring up another Academy Awards hosting gig for himself -- so let's all tuck that notion right back into his magical briefcase.
The "How I Met Your Mother" star revealed that this year's Oscars gig was a one-time...

In addition to being a singing, dancing, joke-cracking host of the 87th Academy Awards, Neil Patrick Harris become a men’s fashion week of one, managing to wear more tuxedos in the course of the evening than most men will wear in a lifetime. By our...

And the Oscar goes to ... social media! (Kind of.)
The 87th Academy Awards generated about 5.9 million tweets, a significant drop from the whopping 11.1 million Oscar-related tweets from last year's show. However, more social-media buzz...

Moments after kicking off this year's Oscars show with an ambitious song-and-dance number about the magic of movies, host Neil Patrick Harris offered up some prestidigitation of his own. Unveiling a briefcase locked in a clear acrylic box, the emcee...

Last night's Oscars had its moments: Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez getting fired up by Patricia Arquette's acceptance speech. Common and John Legend getting everyone in the Dolby Theatre on their feet with their rousing performance of...

Ratings for ABC’s Oscars telecast on Sunday night appear to be off from last year’s audience level, according to early data from Nielsen.
Based on the ratings from Nielsen’s overnight numbers from 56 large markets, the telecast, hosted by Neil Patrick...

While Reese Witherspoon was urging reporters on the red carpet to ask actresses about more than their dresses, it was impossible not to ask Dana Perry about hers after she and Ellen Goosenberg Kent took the Oscar for documentary short.
Neither...

As the Oscars unfolded, backstage was a place for nerves, prayers and fashion emergencies.
"Big wins tonight, brother!" John Legend said to Alejandro G. Inarritu, after Inarritu accepted the best picture Oscar for "Birdman."
Inarritu...

"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" won the Oscar for best picture at the 87th Academy Awards.
"Birdman" was one of the top winners of the night, also winning for director, original screenplay and cinematography.
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"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" won the Oscar for documentary short subject at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night.
The film, directed by Ellen Goosenberg Kent and produced by Dana Perry, profiles counselors who work the Veterans...

When the Academy Awards get underway Sunday, they'll bring plenty of suspense and surprises. There's the question of the broadcast itself -- can Neil Patrick Harris out-selfie the queen of photography-themed social media, Ellen DeGeneres? -- but also...

Among the many rituals of Oscar week — the tuxedo fitting, the speech writing, the red carpet unfurling — perhaps the most coolly efficient is Oscar rehearsals.
That's what the stars have been doing at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood since Wednesday, in...

Sunday will bring the American film industry’s most glittering night of the year, the 2015 Oscars, but the biggest movie story of recent months will only be noted if the evening’s host, Neil Patrick Harris, makes it the subject of one of his...